SAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 54 31
Rank change year-on-year -5 -23 +41
Contract jobs citing SAP 87 68 117
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.02% 3.94% 5.53%
As % of the Vendors category 8.79% 7.95% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 35 67
10th Percentile £361 £412 £440
25th Percentile £520 £463 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +10.09%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £688
90th Percentile £825 £723 £785
Central London median daily rate £600 £531 £600
% change year-on-year +12.94% -11.46% +10.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £19.79 £146.25
Median hourly rate - £20.19 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year - -86.31% -
75th Percentile - £20.60 £148.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £20.19 £147.50
% change year-on-year - -86.31% -

All Vendors
City of London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 990 855 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 45.77% 49.48% 44.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 695 581 588
10th Percentile £328 £325 £340
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
Central London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.79 £16.75
25th Percentile £19.31 £21.09 £22.13
Median hourly rate £23.58 £28.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% -43.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £38.69 £50.25 £112.00
90th Percentile £55.95 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £28.15 £42.00
% change year-on-year -7.18% -32.98% +86.67%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.15%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (27.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (8.05%) SAP HCM
3 5 (5.75%) SAP ERP
4 3 (3.45%) SAP MDG
5 2 (2.30%) iTrent
5 2 (2.30%) NetSuite
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (2.30%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (2.30%) SAP CO
5 2 (2.30%) SAP FI
5 2 (2.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.30%) SAP GRC
5 2 (2.30%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (2.30%) SAP Travel Management
5 2 (2.30%) SAP WM
6 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (1.15%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.24%) Azure
1 15 (17.24%) SuccessFactors
2 7 (8.05%) AWS
3 6 (6.90%) GCP
4 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
5 4 (4.60%) Boomi
5 4 (4.60%) SaaS
6 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.30%) AtomSphere
7 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.30%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.15%) Algolia
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.15%) Matillion
8 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.15%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.15%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Metadata
1 4 (4.60%) Power BI
1 4 (4.60%) SAP BW
2 3 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.30%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.15%) Big Data
4 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.15%) GIS
4 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.15%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) eggPlant
1 3 (3.45%) JIRA
1 3 (3.45%) Postman
2 2 (2.30%) JMeter
2 2 (2.30%) LoadRunner
2 2 (2.30%) SoapUI
2 2 (2.30%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.15%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.15%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) HP UFT
3 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.15%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (1.15%) Selenium
3 1 (1.15%) SilkTest
3 1 (1.15%) SOAtest
General
1 26 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.29%) Finance
3 10 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.90%) Banking
6 5 (5.75%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.60%) Billing
7 4 (4.60%) Local Government
7 4 (4.60%) Retail
8 3 (3.45%) Law
9 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.30%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Legal
9 2 (2.30%) Marketing
10 1 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (19.54%) Analyst
2 14 (16.09%) Consultant
3 13 (14.94%) Architect
3 13 (14.94%) Lead
4 11 (12.64%) SAP Consultant
5 7 (8.05%) Business Analyst
5 7 (8.05%) Project Manager
5 7 (8.05%) SAP Manager
6 6 (6.90%) SAP Analyst
6 6 (6.90%) Senior
7 4 (4.60%) Cutover Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Data Analyst
7 4 (4.60%) SAP Cutover Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.45%) Developer
8 3 (3.45%) Oracle Consultant
8 3 (3.45%) Report Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) SAP Business Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.34%) Middleware
2 8 (9.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (8.05%) SOAP
4 6 (6.90%) XML
5 5 (5.75%) .NET
5 5 (5.75%) JSON
5 5 (5.75%) REST
6 4 (4.60%) OAuth
6 4 (4.60%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (3.45%) Kafka
7 3 (3.45%) OAuth2
7 3 (3.45%) SAML
7 3 (3.45%) Web Services
8 2 (2.30%) GraphQL
8 2 (2.30%) HTML
8 2 (2.30%) JWT
8 2 (2.30%) Node.js
8 2 (2.30%) SAP TM
8 2 (2.30%) XBRL
8 2 (2.30%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.60%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.60%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.45%) FMCG
3 3 (3.45%) Life Science
4 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.30%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.30%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.30%) Replication
5 1 (1.15%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.15%) CMDB
5 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.45%) Linux
1 3 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.03%) Migration
2 26 (29.89%) ERP
3 24 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (22.99%) Data Migration
5 16 (18.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (16.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (12.64%) Agile
9 10 (11.49%) Data Modelling
9 10 (11.49%) Risk Management
9 10 (11.49%) Translating Business Requirements
10 9 (10.34%) Change Management
10 9 (10.34%) Data Governance
10 9 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (10.34%) Project Management
10 9 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (10.34%) Roadmaps
10 9 (10.34%) Validation
11 8 (9.20%) Workshop Facilitation
12 7 (8.05%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.64%) SQL
2 6 (6.90%) Python
3 5 (5.75%) Java
4 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.30%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.15%) C#
6 1 (1.15%) Korn
6 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.90%) Degree
4 4 (4.60%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.60%) PMP
5 3 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.30%) CAPM
6 2 (2.30%) CIPD
6 2 (2.30%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.15%) CISM
7 1 (1.15%) CISSP
7 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) ISEB
7 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.05%) GDPR
3 5 (5.75%) PMO
4 3 (3.45%) GRC
4 3 (3.45%) QA
4 3 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.15%) APQC
5 1 (1.15%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (1.15%) PSD2
5 1 (1.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) IAG
2 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Docker
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.15%) Control-M
2 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (29.89%) Oracle
2 18 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.75%) Databricks
3 5 (5.75%) Workday
4 4 (4.60%) Google
4 4 (4.60%) MuleSoft
4 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.45%) IBM
6 2 (2.30%) Informatica
6 2 (2.30%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.15%) Adobe
7 1 (1.15%) Calypso
7 1 (1.15%) Dell
7 1 (1.15%) Kronos
7 1 (1.15%) Murex
7 1 (1.15%) OpenText
7 1 (1.15%) Splunk
7 1 (1.15%) Temenos
7 1 (1.15%) VMware